Colossians 1:9
And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.
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8and who told us of the love with which the Spirit has inspired you.
Cross References
Psalms 143:10Teach me to do your will, for you yourself are my God. Guide me by your good spirit, O Lord, on a way that is smooth.
Acts 12:5So Peter was kept in prison, but meanwhile the prayers of the church were being earnestly offered to God on his behalf.
Romans 12:2Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God’s will is – all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.
Ephesians 1:8All this accords with the loving kindness which God lavished on us, accompanied by countless gifts of wisdom and discernment,
Ephesians 3:14For this reason, then, I kneel before the Father –
Matthew Henry on Colossians 1:4-9
Paul's Thanksgiving for the Colossians. ( a. d. 62.) 3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, 4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, 5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; 6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in… Read the whole commentary →